The Sun. — London, England, 1809-03-08 00:00:00

Iron 114 LONDON GAZETTE, March 7, IS 4e/rnira /I rt. Offif March 7, 1 8 09. Copy of a Letter from the Hon. I:Atrt kopford, ReaN Admiral of the Blue, to the lion. w. W Pate. dated on • board His Majesty's Ship the Caesar, at ar hor, 13a'eine Light-house N. E. by N. four miles, Chassiroa S.S.E. I ten, the 27th Feb. 1309. • taut, You will be pleased to acquaint my Lords Corn rnissioners of the Admiralty, that, on the Lad inst. being at anchor to the N.W. of the Chassiron light houie, with the Ships named in the margin - x - , the Amethyst looking out in the N. W. the wind be ing to the eastward, about ten P.M. I observed several rockets in the N.W. quarter, which induced me to get under sail and stand towards them. At eleyin observed several strange sail to the eastward, to which I gave chase with the squadron until day light next morning, at which time the strange Ships were standing into the Pertuis d'Antioche, consist ing of eight ' Sail of the Line, one of them a three decker, and two Frigates. They boisted French Colours, and conceiving them to be the Squadron from Brest, I immediately detached the Naiad by signal to acquaint Admiral Lord Gambier. The Naiad having stood a few miles to-the N.W. • made the signal for three Sail appearing suspicious, immediately chased them with the Squadron un der my command (leaving the Amethyst and Erne -7!1 4to watch the enemy), and I soon discovered 'Bern to be three French Frigates standing in for the Sable d'Olonne; I was at the same time joined by the Amelia and Dotterel.. The French Frigates having anchored in a posi , tion thoo&ht attackable, I stood in with the Clesar,.upfiance, -Donegal, and Amelia, and opened our fire in passing as near as the depth of water would permit the Clew and Donegal to go. The Defiance being of much le . ss draught of water, an 'cbottd within halt a mile of them ; in which shun ' so.judiciously chosen by Capt. Holborn, the fire of the Defiaace and the other Ships obliged two of :the,Frigates to cut their c a bl e s and go on shore. Tbe ebs tide making, and the water falling fast, obliged, the Defiance to get under sail, anti all the Ships 'to stand out ; leaving all the Frigates ashore, two of them heeling very mueh. They have been 'no, "tired closely, and from Capt. Rudd's report yester slay - afternoon they appeared with all their top thfrists on deck , slits unb e nt, mainya r d s r i gge d f or. '.getting pins our, and several - boats clearing them. fancy they will endeavOur . to get over the Bar into • a Mid! Pier, 'but I am intortied by the Pilots that . it is scarc el y-practicable. • The Batteries- ptotecuing these Frigates are strong and numerous. TheCcsar had her bowsiirit wound ed and rigging cut. The Defiance has all her masts badly wounded ;. 2 men killed, and 2S 'Wound ed. Donegal, l killed and 6 wounded. . The 'French 'Frigates 'had been but from l'Orient two, days and by Capt. Irby's rCoclrt, appear to be the 'ltelienne, Calypso, and Furieuse. lam very Confident they 'will 'never go"to Nett again. My chief ,clbieet in attacking these/Friglitt:l su . near a superior torce'Of th e enemy, w•is to endeavour to draw - them . 6 1) 1 1 11 ') dud to'give oar Squadron more time to .aisetri tieiliet in this I was disappOinted. I returned : e.t -'behiton at sun -set, and 'observed the enemy anchored in Has tie Roads. 2 Sti) ( l was 'joined 'by'Capt. Beresford 'in and In _ 4 %1 1 1, with the TeitiMph, Revenge, Valiant , 'able, therefore reituned'the bloe . kade Of the enetn 6 v's ' Sh' cOntintleit till furt her in liasgtije Roads, and ;hall er orders. ~..The enemy's lot& consists of •e ine, four Frigates, eleven cif the tutder and 'We Calcutta. The force cominand cohdists ,Of seven 'Sail of 'the isle and-five 'Frig a t es. I have the : htitiour to he, &e. `HOB. STOPFORD. Cresar, Defl,ince, 1)orp:gal, Emerald, • Foreign Office, March 7, 1809. iittike,. of It Letter from Captain. SeymoOr of His Majesty's s hip Aniethy st , to Rear-Milli - oral St4foril, dated nor Chassikon lic:b. 27, 1809. Yesterday, the 26th, the 'vhole weighed from Basque—Roads, and proceeded to the Isle d'Ai'x Anchorag e , one Frigate excepted, which rue aground on the shoals near I,:e Madame, called Les Pallis ; and after endeav‘ ouring to fOrCe her off by press 'Of sail, she failed, and uttrigged. The enerrcy are anuhored from, to the southward of the Isle of Aix, to the nortMvard of the end of t,he'lloyart, with top-g4llantl:3;da . across, but not in a Lin e of 'Battle, 'or apparent order of defence ; f a nd, I 'Conclude ) , gOti.l ip from not knowing our o tces but bee i ng Jro notiiliittereaseci, they have third cable bent to the anchor:in the main 'chains, and stopp e d along tbeit I\lo movement to-clay. PLY 140 f... 3 , IARCH o...TArriViti, the . Dotterell Sloop of. War Mau the Westward : she is s aid to have brought intelligence that - the three French Fri gates, which were driven into the 133 y of Sable frolonne souse days ago, have been totally destroyed. Sailed the Illustrious and Bellono, of 74 guns "4 3 to join the Fleet off Rochefurt. Sailed also the Encounter Gun-brig, Lieut. Tu..- g Ur, with l 6 Sail of ViEtuallers under convoy, laden w ith provilons - for the . Squadron off Rochefort- Several other ViEtuallers are now loading for them' which will sail as soon as completed, under convoy °f the Domini/ Sloop Of War. The liritist.Squadron :low off Rochefort consists of the following' Ships, viz. Caesar, of so guns, Theseus, Zone gal, Mfiance, Valiant, Revenge, and „ Triu mPA, of 74 guns each Emerald, Amethyst, In; 4al liabte, Amelia, and 4lcmen4 Frigates. Arrived the Africaine Frigate and Saracen Sloop 6 f War, both from Gibraltar, with dispatches, the former in t 2 days, the latter in 16 de) s. No parti ttliar"f the intelligence they bring has transpired. MAitou s.—Arrived this, day, the , inf,4,71 4 ramie!, Captain itoaanTs, from Lisbon. h " 4 ba3 brought or ow two Spanish Couriers. When Austrians bad declared war against France, and that the French, in an attack upon SaragoSsa, had lost 7000 men. The English troops (about 3or '6OOO men) skill ,remain at and near Lisbon, and have or ders"to hold themselves in readiness to embark at an. hour's notice._ An 'embargo laid on all. Portu guese Shipping as they 'arrive, for the purpose of conveying away all valuable property, in the event of the, French entering that country. About 70,000 French are in Gallicia, and which, were intended to advance ; but being,totally destitute of every neces sary arpcle, they are prevented till they receive sup plies from France. The 'Packet saw, 'on the ad inst. six .Sail of the Line and three Frigates standing to the Westward; this morning saw about 60 Sail of Transports,' which are now of the Harbour com ing in. Passengers by the Packet are JOHN PFEILER, W. WKERRELL ; Mr. JOHN But.x.m.y, several Portuguese Gentlemen, &c. Also arrived the Lady Arabella Packet, PORTEOUS, with Mails from Cadiz, iD days passage. Several British Men of War were. lying there. The de feat of the French before Saragoisa was also report ed at Cadiz. The Price Ernest. Packet, had arrived at Gibraltar, and' the Lord Huhori Ditto at Cagliari. The Dotterell .Gun -brig arrived here last night, .and confirms the statement of three French Frigates being driven on shore on Sable d'Olonne, and that there was a great probability of their being destroyed by the British. ,'Sailed early this morning the Chesterfield Packet, G(anow, with Mails for the Brazils ; and the Man chester PaCket, with'ilitto, for the Mediterranean . ; also the Ship Aluntatit, of Liverpool, NrcnocsoN; for Rio dehneiro. Arrived L'Espiegle Sloop of War from a 'cruize and the Priscilla, Capt. STEVENS, from BriStel. .. . 'DEA, NrAlicH 'last' evening bitlla jesty's Ship Planiagent;t, from Portsmouth, 'and 're mains in'the'Downs with the as per last. Sailed 'through the "Downs from theitiver, the Maclibilosh, HAWKINS, for Grenada.; and . the Eli iabeth and Sarah, Wttusitsta, for Tenet-life. By a person With lately inAde his escape front Calais, we learn, that there are now lying in that Port, under serviestration, the following American Ships, which have been taken hy - French Privateers a►id carried in tlaire :--Ette Brot;ri'rs,'Ftsx, Master; Hyadis, SAVIOR, CoLLt&s, Betsey, BOWNRS, " Guide, CuAlb, anti Speeutut . or, LITTLE. • , 7'3IITSMC;UTH, Nl.tv.esti 7,-;-;'skrtived his 11 , 1sjisty's Slip I'igre.4, tram Plyrikouthi Sailed his Miljesiy'4 Ehip flutiiter,'with a couvoy, 'ffir the Dons, ' SHgEBNESg", 6.—The Tortoise is paid advance and bounty ; Abe signal is just made for the Trusty and the Toitoite tOOntneer.- Came into Flitibonr his M.ljesty's Ships - Princess 9fOrarige and Trusty. HARWICH, Marten 7.--'Arrived this morning the ituch/einil Packet, 'Capt. Dzatitt, from Marsttand, with 'Gottenburgh Mails. An ,Embargo has been. laid, at Marstraud, On alt English Vessels, but, after. 'the lapse of one day, it was 'taken . otf. by an order from the Swedish GoiernMent, and the Paeket wait allowed to c(iine away,, t he:c3uso ofAhis drown,. stance, .which bears a singular appearance, remains 'to be accounted for:i the - Commanders of the Vac ke!s; in conseCiti966e, have ihpuii - ,hi it prudent to place their Vessels under the proteaion, of his Ma jesty's Ships of War at Gottenbt4h. , • . It is the Claudia Frigate wh ich his arrived front the Cape of. Good Hope, with dispatches" of the: 29th of December. She was gent home very uu expededly,•and was direcled not to divulge on her arrival the,cause of her sailing t.vitksoch secrecy.— We nave ascertained that some dispatches.intended for the French Government bad been intercepted by one of our Ships cruising off the. Isle. of Ftaiieo, which were found olconsiderahle importance ; they state that a very valuable Fleet of Ships were about to sail for 'France ft one thence ; to intercept.which, Admiral BERTUt had employed ithe svholeAfbi 3.63l ' posable force at the Cape, and. very sanguine expec-. tations were entertai n ed t hat t he Fleet would be . fallen in with by them. Lest this precaution, how ever, might be fruitless, the. Admiral, with that judgment for which he is so celebrated; sent a fast sailing Ship with the intercepted dispatches to Eng land, for 'the purpose of conveying the earliest intel ligence to the Admiralty; 14013BartY.—A few days since two fel lows entered the Bells public-house, near to where Lieut. Johnston was tuortiert'd, -and seated them selves in opposite boxes, without appearing to know each other. One of ihem, after having drank 3 pint of ale, put the pot under the bench, and made off. His companion asked she landlord, if ke knew the person who. bad'just left the itousa, as he had taken away the pot. The fellow agreed to follow the thief with the landlord and secure him, and having got a proper distance from the house, thes took the fellow by the collar, when :the latter pre sented a pistol, and demanded Ms money. The two villains robbed the landlord of seven geMeas and de camped. There are persons,in custody on suspicion Of having committed the robbery. • I.lsnols, FEB. - 20.--;:Within these few days things Itave•tirken - At different tarn • we - have now received information from Trieite, tarn; the Austrians have declared war against France. The truth of this in telligence is said to be confirmed by letters received here from the Swedish Consul at Seville ; and it is so generally believed, that more than a dozen of the passenger's who .. had engted to go by the Willsing ham, have declined %cling. Indeed, it seems -pry bible tharsomething has happened to interfere with the plans Of the French, by their not following up the advantages they gained in the neighbourhood of Corunna and Vigo; on the contrary, they are said to have retreated towards the frbritiers of France; at any rate, ,they remahrquiet with respe& to otien= sive bperlif LISBO - N, FEB. 17. We arc authorised by su preme orders to.communieale to the public the fol loWing Extra c t of a Letter frpro Seville, of the Bth of February _•• _ _ " The Prench, ,who were in La Mancha, retreat preCipitately for Madrid, leaving behind them . bag gage and a quantity of arms, which. General the Marquis de Palacea has ordered to be colleaed. A German Gentleman has'alsO arrived here,. with dis patches froms the Supreme Junta ; he states, that when he left Germany, the Archduke John had already entered the Tyrol, and that it is, probable, that at present the Akhduke Charles has entered Bavaria. He assures us also that in the port of Trieste there were 130 Sail of Ships for the trans..' port of troops, which were 'to be convoyed by the English. This intelligence has animated all, on ac count of its imped:ng the treats reinforcements which the French wished to bring into Spain ; the enlistment of troops in these Provinces is incessant, as the manufatltire of all kinds of arms, for the. purpose of organizing a-fresh a new army, and arm ! . Mg the masse."—( Liston Gazelle.) Yesterday' the Loan MAYOR ordered the price of Bread to be continued at Is, sad. the wheaten, and 't s. household. His Lordship afterwards held a Court of Com Mon Cotincil, at which the adjourn ed-Report of the Committee of City Lands, recom mending the removal of Smithfield market, was taken fully into consideration, and a very long de bate ensued as to the propriety of removing the said market, agreeably to the Report, or. enlarging it on the present scite ; nod on the question being put, the 'Loan oit declared it carried in favour of the enlargement . ; upon which,a division ensued. Tht: `nurribers, on being cast up, appeared as under : For agreeing with the Report. For enlarging the Market. 8 Aldermen. , 4 Aldermen, s; Commoners, 6b Commoners, a Tellers, a Tellers. 72.-- hl ajority 7. . . . _ It was then referred to the City Lands Committee to -rosecute the Petition in Parliament forthwith„ agreeably to the Resolution, anal the Town Clerk was direded to write to the Lords of the Board of Track, assuring them that the Conn williminadtate ly take into consideratitAi the state of the Market, ~and, by enlarging and better regtilating the same, remove the evils complained of. The CommisSion of Sewers was 'staled with the City Seal. It has been already stated, that the Queen of PRINIIIA had used alt her influence with the Einpe ror.ALexatinea, dUring her visit to the Court of St. Petersburg!), far the purpoie'of changing the ;recent political system of the Russian Court ;• and it is stated that her Majesty . had not been 'altogether un successful, since it is asserted that Russia. has posi tively determined to take no active part against AUS triJ; in any war she may, on the present occasion, engage in with France. On. Friday last, after resting one night in Berke ley-square, on their vav through town from Corn- Wall, the remains of - the Hen. Enwaect \VALDE t3/1 AVE, who unfortunately perished on board the Dispatch Transport, were deposited in the family vault at Navistock. The Earl of WALnEGR VH, anxious to pay the last tribute of regard rolhe mory of alamented brother, attended, on the occa sion, as Chief Mourner, together with his brother in-law, Mr. Alto( LeTtivAtrei•and other friends..- , It must have been highly gratifying to his Lordship to have seen a number of. his tenantry voluntarily came forward to mark Their respect and attachment to hint . and hit tamilrby 'joining the procession in deep mourning, , Among the recent 'arrivals in England,• i 9 one which we think citriokis; The late accredited Spa nish AMbassader at the. Hague, the recognised re presentative of Cn ARLES IV. has been permitted to leave 'his post, and is come to this country. His Eiscellency, it appears, refused to recognize 'Don JOSEPH N APOLIZON as King of Spain, acknowledging FRRDINAND VII. only as his Sovereign. The per mission of any , person of an Ambassador's rank to leave a 'country under the authority of France, un der Such' circunistanoes, 'appears hardly reconcilable with the pretences net up by the Usurper. opaNA.,-.4 new Opera, of the heroic kind, yens bleneht Gkrward tuat night nt the King's Thea tre, under the title of La Cacera rli &rico IV. The story of this piece is dtari,ved from a French Drama, - which was very popular a 'few years ago in the higher circles, when read by TEXIRIA. The music of this piece was composed by Pocar,and it is more cre ditable to his talents than any which he has hitherto produced in this country. It is rich, scientific, and interesting. The piece, besides its intrhisi Worth, bad the merit of introducing Sinus' again to. the Opera House, and was throughout much applauded. Thursdly.mornine, at three o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises of Messrs. Butt, drug-mer chants, on Addle-hill, Thames-street, which con.; sutned part of the tenement in which the tire com menced, butdid no other damage, in consequence of the timely arrival cf fire-engines from all quartets. On Saturday the 13t1h alt_ as some miners were breaking fresh ground, at Porthole, in North Hitt, near Launceston, Cornwall, one of them in sinking about 29 inches below the surface ; struck his.pick axe against an earthen vessel, which, on examinat ior, was found to contain the skeleton of au infant.. The app*tarance of the, bones, and the smutty outside of the vessel, indicate that the body hid been burnt previous,to its concealment ; and the supposition is, that the murder was perpetrated in order to conceal a crlate, which, aithough attend-2d With Shtinits, :s of a far 1043 atrocious nathre. : A Vessel called the Queen is arrived at Fa'Month, from Hayti, after a passage of 45 days. The.-ac , counts she brings . are litirly interesting. The war 'coot inues,, but the issue app(ats no longer doubtful. ;The, President, Petion, is every where successful.--. :Christophe, finding himself in avery perilous.. Situ ttion, front the near approach to his capital of Pe . tion's army, under the command of Bergerac Tre. .chet, t ound it necessary to call off. the enemy's at. tentio l l by a diversion, 11 for that purpose chreded a force to be landed at Cape Nicola Mole, whiCh was conveyed by his Slip , called the Lord Mut , grave, Information of their landing was soon cont , 7 inunicated to La itlarre t another (if Petion's Generals, who immediately proceeded against them. The troops landed , from the Lord Mulgrave were by this time reinforced by those Which were found there ready to ad in conj'intion. La Marre deeMed it necessary, before the attack was dmmenced, to .augmerit his force also, which he did by calling to his aid a party of cavalry. Thus Strengthened, a desperate action took place, which ended in the emiredestrtielion of Christophe's forces. General La Marre was wounded in one of his arms by a pistol shot. He had been confined, taut was in a fair way of recovery. Bergerac Trechet, who had left Port-au•Prinee with a considerable army, to ad against Cape Fran- cois, had been joined on his march -by one entire re giment of Christophe's army, which deserted, to avoid the further tyranny of their leader. According to advices from Petion's army, which had been received a few days previous to the sailing of the Queen from Jacinel, Trechel had succeeded in placing his troops in so commanding a situation, as to induce an expectation that cape Francois would surrender to him in the course °fa few 'days; That event would complete the triumph of !legion, and once again restore the Island to peace and bar. mony. A brigand named Goman, who, at the head ;of a large party, had long disturbed the #cinity of Aux Cayes, had been routed, and his party completely dispersed. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR—Having beep informed, on my return from Bathi of reports spread' in my absence of the pre tended exorbitant demands which, it is said, I !nada to the Managers of the King's Theatre"; I beg leave ,to declare through the tnedintn of your Ripur . , that such reports are ent rely without foundatieui I never mentioned to the Manager of the Opera-liouse the Salary for wirier.' would perform at his Theatre this` season. The great and ttittain& reception with Which I have hitherto been borrowed by a generous nation, has determined me to renounce Cputinental engagements, an 4 I hope to (unlit a comit,wince of that approbation with which I have been so largely favoured, and which has made so deep au impression upon my heart. I atu, 4c. . • ..AnnEticA CATALAN!. Friday se'unight one of the French Wiens on parole at Win( atilo3, Mrseldlitt, was tuned dead in a field near his lodging: ; a 'musket was Tying beside. hint, the muzzle of which it is supposed he had placed in his mouth, moved the trigger with his foot, and blew out his brains:, His conneelionS in' , • France are seil to be respectable, but not hearing from theM as usual, it caused a. depression of spirits, Which terminated us above described.—Coroner's verditi, Lunacy. The following -is- an additional proof of the cul pable impropriety of entrusting fire arms in the care of improper persons:—On Friday, the 17th ult. as the son of Mr. Thompson, of Lezant, near Laun ceston, Cantwell, was returning home with a load ed fowling-piece, he met with a neighbouring ser vant-girl, and presenting the gun in an oblique di re6tiun behind her, exclaimed, " how easy t could shoot. you, Nanny !" he had scarcely uttered the words, when the ..piece went off, and the contents passing through one of the poor girl's thighs, lodged in the other. She languished in excruciating agony till the 23d, when she expired. POISON.—On Friday, the sotil Wt. Thomas Courtney, of Yenston, Somerset, age.l 76, who had been previously indisposed from citing a barley cake, was seized with a vomiting, &C. which tet , -- initiated his life;. a part of the same cake, on the following day, being eaten of by Jane Clarke, aged' SU, and John Gullitord, aged four years, dter boors indisposition, they likewise. died ; the same evening some of the same cake was given to a dog, which died in consequence a few hours after. Tuesday the three bodies were peened and inspeaed by three surgeons and a physici;m, who were unani mously of opinion that their ,deaths were all occa , sioned by mineral poison. (probably arsenic.) On the inquest being held, after a minute investigation of two days, .the Jury returned a verdia of , /VW Murder against some person or persons unknown.— , The perpetrator of this horrid transaction remains undiscever6.l. • - In the school or old philosophy were some dis wants who affirmed, " That there was. no question but what might be answered.“—liad these ancient casuists dived at the present era, the following ques itioa might have bid them defiance to answer-;--What other plan of adventure can, for the risk of a very small itake, obtain, in thespace of a fewanoments, such 'independent Fortunes for .life, as many are, likely to possess, on the 12th of next month, from ! the great Lottery Scheme, which will then' coin mence Drawing ? BIRTII.—On the Gth inst. at Leatherhead, thi Lady of W. SADLIFit BRUEitE, Esq. of a SOIL CORN EXCUANGS, hlAttcti 8 —This day he sup: plies of ' Wheat are. considertiOle, and s:iieti rather lower prices ; Barley in large supply, chiefly second and ordicnry,which ischeaper; Malt likewise) nyein demand; but tew White Pease, which a: . e somewhat dearer; Beans of the two kinds keep their prices ; Oats 'are also in ;large supply, and sales, theri•of are named nearly at our last quotation; ftaps Seed fully at the late adiance ; rluur per sack lower. w tmat - 64 a 7ir, 3 90$ 0d y2i.i 953 .J( Tickßoaus,(New)cos a cd Data . 33s a 37s a 4os ai PM sod ditto- 41% 1456 ct Potatoe —s a 43: - ad Itape Seed - 631 a 631 od l'ine Flour —s a gos od s:tends . . , ;31 a Sys ref R.}e - 6,, ab~at l Parley - • 41 , a 4:4 6d Malt -74 s a 8-is ud W bite Pease 13$s a 148 s cd Guy ditto .Sys a 56 , od jiesn4lliew.) . sit a ti;s oti